Tre kronor was a
Swedish soap opera that aired on
TV4 during the period 1994-1999. The series took place in the fictional
middle class suburb
Mälarviken, located in the vicinity of
Stockholm. The exteriors were filmed in
Sätra, a suburb of Stockholm, and the interiors were filmed in a studio in
Kvarnholmen as well as in
Kungens Kurva.
Tre kronor aired at the same time period as
Rederiet was on SVT and the shows where rivals of the viewers and they both had around 1-2 million viewers. TV4 started
Tre kronor in 1994 to compete for the viewers of
Rederiet. The signature tune was written by
Lasse Holm.